We have received an instruction from an exciting and emergent local authority in the North East of England to help them appoint a new Financial Performance Analyst for an interim period of circa 6 months.

Primarily, the focus of this new role will be to build robust financial models in order to help the authority measure and forecast the financial performance for several new projects – allowing for a more informed decision-making process on future key financial and operational decisions. Additionally, there will be a requirement to lend support on devolution work and on the accounts closure process for the authority.

To be considered for this opportunity, you should be an immediately available CIPFA (or equivalent) qualified accountant with previous experience of financial modelling and financial analysis. You should also preferably have recent experience of the year-end accounts closure process in another local authority environment and have strong Excel skills.